Nat

@nanopierogi.bsky.social

A bunch of tiny dumplings in a trench coat. Data Scientist. Potter. Gamer. Childless Cat Lady. Shark-obsessed. Chaotic bi. 🏳️‍🌈 She/her

I just found out I am eligible for a free Boston Public Library card and I am giddy. I can now have FIFTEEEN holds at once! I am drunk with power.

I’d like to start a petition to exclude certain apps from my screen time report. Yes, I’m trying to spend less time on my phone, but the hour and a half I’m spending trying to troubleshoot my router shouldn’t count. See also: maps. I just have a bad sense of direction 😭

Once a month, I have cramps so bad that they wake me up out of a sound sleep or prevent me from falling asleep. I just realized that I have been dealing with this for TWENTY FIVE YEARS. I am so fucking ✨tired✨

I finally found a (free, open source) screen time limiting app that actually works for me, and it’s making me super aware of how often I pick up my phone to check social media. I used to joke that social media is requiring my brain, but I fear it’s not a joke.

This morning I was at Costco, and I saw a boomer couple standing in front of the bagels, trying to figure out what the pretzel bagels were. Another woman pointed out that they were pretzel bagels, and then after a pause, the man goes “well I’m not GAY” …I have so many questions.

Y’all I went swimming swimming for the first time since before Covid, and I did 1600 yards (0.9 miles) in 48 minutes and I’m super proud of myself.

I need everyone to be proud that I didn’t start a fight in the comments of a reel. This woman said that Wegmans was trying to be like Trader Joe’s because they have a lot of store-brand stuff. My good bitch, Wegmans is over 100 years old, which is over 50 years older than Trader Joe’s. ALSO….

I need to get my dash cam set up because I watched a cyber truck make a left on red yesterday. Not just running a red light. I’m talking full stop, decided not to wait for the light, and just made a left.

If our government can actually agree on permanent DST, that would be great. Late summer sunsets, plus a reasonable 7:45-5 of actual sunlight in the winter? 10/10 no notes. I also wouldn’t be opposed to permanent Standard Time, as long as New England could move to the Atlantic time zone.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

ICE shot and killed a man in Biddeford this morning. He was here legally with a social security number and authorization to work. Even if he wasn’t, he didn’t deserve to be executed. Fuck ICE. Fuck Susan Collins. Fuck every other politician who has actively or passively allowed this to happen.

Hearing Susan Collins ads that are just trying to hype her up is actually kinda hilarious. “She’s the first senator to cast 10,000 votes without missing a single one” Do you know how long that takes? You see how that’s a problem, right?

This timeline has gotten just dystopian enough that I half expect to find out that someone has made an AI Mitch McConnell to vote in his place while they keep his brain dead body alive

Wow, what a great time to be a Mainer (the token Mainer that my out of state friends text when there’s any headlines about Pl*tner) and also a survivor of sexual assault. Yes, I’ve seen the headlines. Yes, I believe women. No, I don’t know who I’m voting for.

1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️

So we’re all in agreement that at some point during trump’s big speech tomorrow, there’s going to be an “assassination attempt”, right? I’m over here wondering if he’ll genuinely pass out from the heat, first.

I saw fireflies in my yard for the first time tonight! I’d love to pretend it’s because I’ve been planting so many native plants, but only 1 of 11 has bloomed so far, so I don’t think I can take credit for anything yet.

I saw a cyclist run a red light to make a left turn on my way to work this morning. Do cyclists not know the hand signals or simply not care? I’m assuming running a red light means this one just didn’t care, but I hardly see cyclists signal at all.